Was Jesus an Anarchist?
"Good cops kill Jesus," says Dominic Scarcella, author of "Good Neighbor, Bad Citizen: Reflections on the core social conflict revealed by Jesus Christ's Way of the Cross."
We cover a lot of ground in this interview: Can one be a good neighbor and also a "good citizen"? Or are the two fundamentally at odds? Should Christians put their faith in the authority of the Bible, or religious leaders? Or are they responsible for discerning truth for themselves? When and how did Jesus' church become more aligned with "good citizenship" than with good neighborliness? How does one find a spiritual community that is aligned with the true principles taught by Jesus? And of course... was Jesus an anarchist?
Dom blogs here, and you can find him on Twitter here.
You can find his book, "Good Neighbor, Bad Citizen" at Amazon (paperback), Amazon (Kindle), Barnes & Noble (paperback), Barnes & Noble (ebook), and Lulu (paperback).
It's a fantastic little book, and will make a wonderful Christmas gift for some of the more thoughtful people in your life!
of course good cops would kill Jesus....so would bad cops....it's who cops are; it's what cops do. why wouldn't cops kill Jesus? after all, that killing would be part of the salvation plan.
cops killing the Savior would be carrying out the will of the Father, who planned the whole thing before creating.
from http://tinyurl.com/3z3zdebj a podcast by Bretigne Shaffer
"Good cops kill Jesus," says Dom Scarcella, author of "Good Neighbor, Bad Citizen: Reflections on the core social conflict revealed by Jesus Christ's Way of the Cross."
Thanks for everything, Bretigne! This was a thought-provoking conversation for me. I think I'm going to write about something from our conversation this coming Wednesday, and I'll certainly return the favor of linking to "On the Banks" from my Substack post. Merry Almost-Christmas!